Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Why Wikileaks Is Bad For Progressive Foreign Policy | The New Republic

Check the article link below for details on the three themes

But, with all due respect to my friends in the blogosphere, diplomacy was never about stating the obvious. Here are three ways the leaks could have a lasting impact on American foreign policy. None of them will be good news for those of us who value transparency and who believe diplomacy, not force, should enjoy primacy in the U.S. approach to the rest of the world.

Making the Hardest Diplomatic Work Harder

Slowing the Movement Toward DeClassification and Openness in National Security